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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 130 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 87
  2. 2.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  6. 6.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 41
  7. 7.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 83 (c) −37 (d) −27
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 45 (c) −7 (d) −17
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  11. 11.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 54
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 0
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) −10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 58
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −5
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) −19
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 12
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 76 (d) 26
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  27. 27.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) 3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 8
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 15
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 13
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. −31
  2. −16
  3. −1
  4. −6
  5. 8
  6. −41
  7. −37
  8. 1
  9. −17
  10. −5
  11. −28
  12. −3
  13. 36
  14. −3
  15. 12
  16. 10
  17. 10
  18. 19
  19. −9
  20. −19
  21. 4
  22. −26
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. −10
  26. 4
  27. −6
  28. 4
  29. −1
  30. 12
  31. −6
  32. −5
  33. −7
  34. −2
  35. 32
  36. −12
  37. −3
  38. 31
  39. 9
  40. 15

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